Alcohol or Hand Sanitizer?

We need either of these two to disinfect germs from our hands. But each of us have their own preferences when it comes to things we love. So I'm going to ask you this: which do you think is the most effective in killing germs, an alcohol or hand sanitizer?

Alcohol is commonly seen in the hospital. The primary use of it is to remove germs from infected utensils and others. It can also use to fully disinfect germs from our hands. I don't care about the strong scent because they're all smell the same. Besides, alcohol contains either ethyl or isopropyl in every bottle you purchase so you should be aware of it. It can be 40 or 70% solution which tells us how concentrated the alcohol content is inside the bottle. It also determines the effectiveness of it in killing germs. Some of the alcohol manufacturer added moisturizer to prevent your skin getting dried after you use their alcohol. As we can see, as years go by, alcohol improves in many ways.

Hand Sanitizer from the words itself, is used primarily on hands. It sanitizes and cleanses our hands from germs. It's like a hand soap or fragrant lotion that you put on the palm of your one hand and start rubbing with another hand. I don't know but it seems like I am unfair on the comparison I am doing because alcohol has many uses while hand sanitizer is obviously for hands only. But if we compare them only in the thing they are similar, hand sanitizer wins over alcohol. Why? Because most people prefer the former when the scent is the matter. They like smelling its fragrance and know to themselves that their hands are germ free.

I'm sure this discussion intrigues you a little. But both of them are a must have stuff. Who among of us want to get sick? I'm sure nobody wants except a kid. Anyway, I use hand sanitizer at work but I always bring an alcohol with me because I feel safe and comfortable when using it. Besides, whenever I like to have clean hands (after having a physical contact on public objects), all I can do is to bring out my alcohol from my backpack and use it. So, I am asking you again: which of the two is the most effective in killing germs, an alcohol or hand sanitizer?

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